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Reed working on getting some people over there, but it’s going to be a bit,” he said. “He’s trying to use some of Kace’s old police connections. They don’t know Kace this far out of his old precinct, and he’s still out of town, so the locals aren’t too keen to believe Reed’s story.”
    “Well, maybe the fire is enough,” he said.
    “Wait,” Havoc held up a hand. Thanks to the fire, Ryder could actually get a look at the biker. Surprisingly, the pony-tailed Havoc wasn’t as old as he would have expected and not like the grizzled bikers he’d met out west. “Are you fucking cops?” the biker asked.
    Ryder started back up the mountain. With the fire raging behind them, there was even less time to spare. “Kace used to be, but no, we’re in the security business.”
    Havoc seemed to relax a little but still wasn’t happy. “But you called the cops?”
    Ryder stopped. “My woman and her friends are being hunted by fucking psychos who are likely going to rape and kill them,” he shouted. “You’re goddamn right I called the cops. I’ll call the fucking military if I think it will save them. What would you do?”
    Ryder turned and started running again.
    “I’d do the same,” Havoc said, keeping pace beside him. “We get up there, you deal with your women. I’ll take care of the rest.”
    Ryder wasn’t going to argue. Keeping them safe was the number one thing on his mind.
     
    * * *
     
    The women sat on the bathroom floor. This was the spot. They had all talked about it, and the men out front seemed to only focus on the front and back door. This was on the side of the cabin and closest to the woods. One at a time, they could make their way out, starting with Irene.
    As quietly as she could, Irene climbed onto the toilet and started to lift the window. It squeaked once, and she ducked down quickly. She just hoped it was louder in the bathroom than outside. When no one came, she continued with her work. She sniffed the air and turned around.
    “Smoke,” she whispered.
    Faint wisps of smoke floated through the top of the door. They were out of time. She pushed the window up in one shove and just prayed that it went quietly. When it slid up without a noise, she sighed and leaned out the window with her bag. It landed silently on the ground. She was next. Irene slipped her legs through and turned, using the side of the cabin to guide her body to the ground.
    Irene held her hands up for Victoria’s bag. Once it was on the ground next to her own, she helped guide her down to the ground. Before she could even help with Taylor, she was there beside her. Irene let out a sigh and grabbed her bag. They had made it out. Now, they just had to make it to the woods.
    She could hear some shouting from the front of the building.
    “Come out,” the man named Wolf shouted. “You can’t stay in there, and we’ve got you surrounded.”
    Irene looked between the two women and nodded to the woods. The last thing they wanted to do was hang around where they might get caught.
    They ran into the safety of the woods. When they were safe within the trees, Irene looked back to the cabin. Flames leapt high into the sky, and thick black smoke billowed out.
    “Blitz!” A tall well-built man moved out from the other side of the woods. She’d never seen him before, and his voice didn’t match any she’d heard from the men before.
    He was a force to be reckoned with. Everything about him just seemed to scream biker, from his leather jacket to the tattoos she saw peeking out here and there. He had pulled his brown hair back in a ponytail, and though it didn’t work on most men, it only seemed to make him look more dangerous.
    “Wondered when you’d find me.” A man, similar in build, stepped out from behind the cabin. She was surprised to find that he was nearly identical in his looks.
    “You stole my money, you piece of shit. Did you think I was just going to let that shit slide?” The man pulled out his gun